Youth justice in context : community, compliance and young people / by Mairead Seymour.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seymour, Mairéad.

Series:

Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice

Routledge frontiers of criminal justice ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Juvenile justice, Administration of--Ireland.

Juvenile justice, Administration of.

Juvenile justice, Administration of--Northern Ireland.

Juvenile delinquency--Ireland.

Juvenile delinquency.

Juvenile delinquency--Northern Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Youth Justice in Context examines the influence of legislative, organizational, policy and practice issues in shaping what constitutes compliance and how non-compliance is responded to when supervising young offenders in the community. It also addresses the impact of adolescent developmental immaturity and social and personal circumstances in mediating expectations of compliance. A central concern of the book is to explore the manner in which compliance changes over time through the dynamics that arise in the supervisory relationship between practitioners and young people, a

Contents:

Youth Justice in Context: Community, compliance and young people; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Setting the context; Structure of the book; A note on the data analysis process; Terminology in the book; 2 Responding to non-compliance with the requirements of community disposals; Young people and non-compliance; Principles and good practice guidance in responding to 'failures to comply'; Comparative perspectives on responding to non-compliance; Conclusion; 3 Compliance theory, research and practice; Defining compliance

A framework to explain offender compliance under community supervisionYoung people: legitimacy, procedural justice and legal socialization; Offender attitudes and stances in relation to compliance; The dynamic nature of compliance: models, motivations and mechanisms; Sustaining compliance in the longer-term; Conclusion; 4 The context of community supervision: adolescent development and social circumstances; Decision making and judgement: cognitive and psychosocial factors; Psychosocial maturity and legal decision making

Psychosocial maturity and young people's compliance with community disposalsThe social context of compliance: family, school and community; Conclusion; 5 The social and criminal justice context of supervising young offenders; Northern Ireland; Influences on the development of youth justice in Northern Ireland; Responding to youth crime in Northern Ireland; The Republic of Ireland; Infiuences on the development of youth justice in the Republic of Ireland; Responding to youth crime in the Republic of Ireland

Agencies with responsibility for supervising young people in Northern Ireland and the Republic of IrelandRole, purpose and culture of the YJA; Role, purpose and culture of the PBNI; Role, purpose and culture of the Probation Service in the Republic of Ireland; Conclusion; 6 Constructing compliance on offender supervision; Levels of engagement; Practitioner expectations and perspectives on compliance; Young people's stances on compliance: practitioners' perspectives; Resistance to change or youthful resistance?; Organizational expectations and constructions of compliance; Conclusion

7 Promoting compliance and responding to non-compliance as part of the supervision processFrom the courtroom to the community; Encouraging compliance through engaging with young offenders; Communicating compliance in the supervisory relationship; Front-end compliance; Barriers to compliance: addressing problems and crises; Building capacity for the future; The role of parents and family in encouraging compliance; Other strategies; Promoting and responding to non-compliance: formal approaches and enforcement; Breach proceedings and compliance; Conclusion

8 Young people's perspectives on the supervision process

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-136-24185-X

0-203-10280-0

1-283-84545-8

1-136-24186-8

9780203102800

OCLC:

821173502